Exodus 2:12
10 When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13 The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
14 But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
- KJV
- And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- WEB
- He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- ASV
- And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- DARBY
- And he turned this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- BLB
- And he turned this way and that way, and he saw that [there was] no man, and he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
- ÅB
- Da vendte han seg hit og dit og så at det ikke var noen der, og så slo han egypteren ihjel og skjulte ham i sanden.
- OTB
- Han så seg omkring, og da han ikke så noen, slo han egypteren og skjulte ham i sanden.
- B1930
- Da vendte han sig hit og dit og så at det ikke var nogen der, og så slo han egypteren ihjel og skjulte ham i sanden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:24–26
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
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